Are you ready for Yale scholarships?

dNEW DELHI: US-based Yale University is planning to announce "sizeable" scholarships and stipends for Indian students for the academic year â€˜04-â€˜05.

The announcement is likely to be made by Yale University President Richard C Levin during his visit to India next week.

"Yale has committed to invest $1 billion in science and technology fields in this decade and we strongly believe that students from India can help us achieve our goal," said Levin, who will lead a high-level delegation to India next month.

The scholarships and stipends will be for the second session of 2004-05, which starts in February-March.

The 12-member delegation, comprising Yale faculty members and administrators, is scheduled to meet central and state ministers and captains of the industry during their visit to New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai.